MTV New Year's Eve specials

From 1999 through 2015, MTV aired New Year's Eve specials. Carrying various formats and branding, the specials were typically broadcast from MTV's One Astor Plaza studios in Times Square, and featured concert performances and coverage of the nearby ball drop at midnight. During the late 1990s, 2000s, and part of the early 2010s, the special was heavily promoted and featured top musical acts and celebrities. By its final years, the specials had been downsized in comparison.

MTV New Year's
StarringVarious hosts and performers
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running timeLate night: Typically 60 minutes (11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m) or more
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseDecember 31, 1998 (1998-12-31) 
December 31, 2014 (2014-12-31)

The network decided not to carry a special at the end of 2015 leading into 2016, choosing to carry a marathon of the viral clip series Ridiculousness instead, with a teaser of the first segment of the next episode of the network's series Teen Wolf aired at midnight; the network and parent company Viacom in general went through number of staff and budget cutbacks in 2015 due to declining ratings.[1] This was repeated in subsequent years.

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